We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."From a data center implementation, with respect to competition from your data, there isn't really a product recovery for the different tests other than Cisco Nexus. For example, if you take Multi-tenancy for the data center, it's something which, I think, only Cisco has. There are some implementation from HP, but I think it's limited there."
"Its low latency is most valuable. Its performance is good, and it is also very stable."
"The most valuable features are the solution is robust, you are able to use it for fabric architecture as well as SPAN on exit with the controller."
"Cisco is refining the features all the time and you can see this in all the different vendors."
"Cisco Nexus meets all of our requirements."
"Its easy management is most valuable. It is easy to use, easy to manage, stable, and very reliable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it scales well. It supports a lot of servers. We don't have to come up with different designs for anything. That's the best part about it."
"Nexus provides inner redundancy. It allows us to perform updates on individual switches, while still maintaining reliability and uptime on the server."
"Port density and port speed performance are both suitable. It has some appealing intangibles."
"For a customer, it is easy to configure and to add ports through the LAN the GUI."
"Cisco Nexus is just a platform. You just set it up, give it an IP, and then start configuring it. But there are a million features to configure."
"There is limited guidance in terms of the use and configuration of Cisco Nexus for specific use cases. The documentation is not comprehensive, and you have to do a lot of online research."
"It would be great if they could make the interface a little more user-friendly, but not trade power off for simplicity."
"In the next release of the solution, I would like to see varying integration between VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) instances so we can integrate BGB into different VRFs in a more organized way. We have some issues with tunnels and VRFs."
"Cisco Nexus still needs more stability."
"The licensing is the area that we are working that's a challenge."
"Cisco Nexus needs to add the SDN capability and lower the price."
"Standardization across iOS and Nexus operating systems would be an improvement."
"Instead of competing at the enterprise level with that product, they should probably scale it. With all of the ports, they should develop a good mid-level business to truly scale it and gain adoption before attempting to go after the enterprise."
"Customers do not prefer this to connect to multiple cities."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is ranked 12th in LAN Switching. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is rated 6.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerSwitch N-Series writes "Performs well, but the support and stability could be improved". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches, whereas Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is most compared with Dell PowerConnect Switches and Cisco Catalyst Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. Dell PowerSwitch N-Series report.
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